Fur brushing



May 25 1926.- 1,586,420

s. FRIEDMAN FUR BRUSHING, STRAIGHTENING, AND BEATING MACHINE Filed Sept.15, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mun-n nyvENToR amuebfizedmaw BY Viz,

ATTORNEYS May 25 1926.

S. FRIEDMAN FUR BRUSHING, STRAIGHTENING, AND BEATING MACHINE Filed Sept.15, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS WITNESSES Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL FRIEDMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FUR BRUSHINQ, STRATGHTENING, AND IBEATING MACHINE.

Application filed September 15, 1825. Serial No. 56,541.

The nature of my invention, the distin-\ guishing features andadvantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of-bneexample.

of the invention.

Figure 1 1s a transverse vertical sectlon of a machine embodying-.myinvention as in dicated by the line 11, Figure 2;

Figure-2 is'a rear elevation of the machine.

In the illustrated example of my invention, the numeral 10 indicates arevolving brush to which the fur A is fed by means of a pair of feedrollers 11. From the feed brush 10 the fur A runs past a beater 12 andthence between a concave 13 and pressing roller 14 to the final beater15. The brush 10 is known in its brushing function. and also the finalbeater and need not be described in detail. Arrows in Figure 1 indicatethe path of a fur through the machine and the curved arrows indicate thedirection of revolution of the respective rollers and beaters. It willbe apparent from Figure 1 that the fur passing through the feed roller11 is subjected to the action of the brush 10 which partially raises thefur. In the passage ofthe fur from the brush to the concave 13 androller 14, the fur is subjected to the action of the beater 12 forfurther raising the fur. The action of the roller 14 and concave 13 isto loosen the hair and raiseit. The fur or'hair has a very pronouncedtendency to rise following" the subjection of the skin to heat.Therefore, when the fur passes from the concave 13,'the fur of the skinimmediately rises. The complete raising of the fur being thenaccomplished-by the beater .15 having resilient blades as in heaters ofthis kind employed in fur brushing and beating machines.

The provision of the concave 13 and heated roller 14 is found to beparticularly effective for raising and straightening "the hair on theskin and its location following the preliminary hair brushing by thebrush 10 and the action of the beater 12 assists in raising the hair,the roller and heater concave then serving to effectively straighten thehair. The heat of the concave 13 is particularly effective because thehair side of the skin isbrought into contact with the concave and at thesame time the fur is given a curved bend by reason of the proximity ofthe roller 14 to the concave 13.

Various means may be employed for driving the different revolvingbrushes, rollers and heaters. In the illustrated example the motor 50 isconventionally shown on the shaft 16 of which motor is a pulley 17 overwhich a belt 18 runs to and about a pulley 19 on the shaft 20 of a fan21. The inlet of the fan is connected with a suction trunk 22 whichleads from a housing 23 surround ing the brush 10 so that the dustraised by the action of brush 10 is drawn to the fans 21, the outlet 24of which leads to any desired point. A belt 25 runs over a second pulley26 on motor shaft 16 and about a pulley 27 on the shaft 28 of brush 10whereby to drive said brush. A belt 29 runs from the pulley 30 on shaft10 to a pulley 31 on a counter-shaft 32 and said counter-shaft has asecond pulley 33 over which a belt 34 runs,

said belt extending also about a pulley 35 onthe shaft 36 of beater 12.Running over-the pulley on shaft 36 is a belt 37 which runs also over apulley on the shaft of one of the feed rollers 11. Said shafts of thefeed rollers 11 have intermeshing pinions 38, so that one of saidrollers 11 being driven by the'belt 37 both of said feed rollers 11 willbe positively driven through the medium of pinions 38. The shaft 39 ofthe final beater 15 is driven through the medium of a 'belt 40 whichruns over a pulley 41 on said shaft 39 andover a drive pulley 42 onshaft 32. On ,the shaft 32 also is a pinion 43 which meshes with a gearwheel 44 on the shaft 45 of roller 14. The numeral 46 indicates a pipeto conduct steam or hot air to concave 13 for maintaining the sameheated to the proper degree.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutesa practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictlyto the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same canbe considerably varied without departure from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Havingthus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a machine for subjecting furs to treatment, brushing means, beatermeans, a

heated structure positioned between the m fur over the surface ofsaidheated structure to cause the hair to be raised and straightened.

i 20 3. In a machine for treating furs, a hair straightening means inthe form of a com cave, means to maintain said concave heated, and meansto cause furs to move in proximity to said concave.

4. In a machine for treating furs, a hair straightening means in theform of a concave, and means to maintain said concave heated; togetherwith aroller to bend the fur .into contact with said concave.

5. In a machine for brushm raising and straightening the hair on a sin,brushing means, a preliminary beater, hair raising means, and a finalbeater, said hair raising means being disposed between the two beaters,together with means to cause fur to successively pass adjacent the firstbeater, against the hair raising means, and then past the final beaten vs 2| L FRIEDMAN. j

